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Panda debuts first cloud-based anti-virus system

Free service could leave installed anti-virus systems behind

Panda
Security has announced the release of the industry's first free cloud
computing anti-virus system.

The company has made the beta release of
Panda
Cloud Antivirus available for free download, and said that the system will
scan and quarantine malware with 50 per cent less performance load than
traditional anti-virus systems.

"We are excited to make it available today for free, which is Panda's way of
paying back to the community and growing our
Collective
Intelligence network so that we can deliver even greater protection to all
customers."

Panda explained that the system uses a new method of virus scanning that
installs detection systems on the host PC, but then uses cloud analytics to
check for security problems. On average this uses only 17MB of RAM, the company
claims.

Panda said that its Collective Intelligence network pulls in 50,000 software
samples a day.